Clarke Family Tree » Roger Paul Walton (1930-2004)

Day of death August 6, 2004

• The temperature on August 6, 2004 was between 17.0 °C and 30.0 °C and averaged 23.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
  • February 29 » Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.
  • March 8 » A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.
  • April 6 » Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
  • August 3 » The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
  • December 8 » The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

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